Four
top
museums
in
the
Netherlands
will
mount
special
exhibitions.
In
Amsterdam:
the
Rijksmuseum,
and
the
Van
Gogh
Museum.
In
the
Hague:
the
Mauritshuis
Royal
Picture
Gallery.
And
in
Otterlo:
the
Kröller-Müller
Museum. We
are
pleased
to
be
able
to
bring
you
advance
information
on
these
events.

The
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
The
Masterpieces:
The
Rijksmuseum
presents
its
highlights
of
the
Golden
Age:
the
wonderful
dolls'
houses,
a
treasure-trove
of
silver,
the
most
beautiful
Delftware,
magnificent
militia
paintings,
icons
from
Dutch
history,
and
of
course,
the
famous
paintings
by
Jan
Steen,
Frans
Hals,
Vermeer
and
Rembrandt.
The
collection
of
over
400
masterpieces
tells
the
impressive
story
of
the
political,
economic
and
artistic
wonders
of
the
Golden
Age.Ongoing
until
2008

Winter
in
Holland:
Dutch
Winter
LandscapesThe
changing
of
the
seasons
is
one
of
the
oldest
themes
in
Western
European
art,
with
the
winter
undergoing
nature’s
most
spectacular
metamorphosis.
Several
works
from
the
Rijksmuseum
collection
present
an
exceedingly
varied
and
sublime
picture
of
winter.
December
21,
2004
to
March
21,
2005,
Rijksmuseum
at
Amsterdam
Schiphol
Airport

Rijksmuseum
SatellitesThe
Rijksmuseum
continues
to
show
its
collection
to
the
widest
possible
audiences
at
home
and
abroad.
A
number
of
'satellite
museums'
are
presenting
exhibitions
of
works
from
the
Rijksmuseum
collection
during
the
time
that
the
Rijksmuseum
is
being
renovated.
Parts
of
the
collection
can
be
seen
in
Holland
(Assen,
Maastricht,
Enschede,
Dordrecht,
The
Hague,
Apeldoorn),
Belgium
(Antwerp),
Germany
(Kleve),
and
the
USA
(Dayton
OH,
Phoenix
AZ,
and
Portland
OR).

Van
Gogh
Museum
Amsterdam
L'Art
Nouveau.
The
Bing
Empire
A
major
exhibition
on
the
emergence
of
the
French
Art
Nouveau
movement
viewed
from
the
perspective
of
art
dealer
and
collector
Siegfried
Bing
(1838-1905).
The
name
of
his
Paris
gallery,
L’Art
Nouveau,
was
adopted
to
describe
the
late
nineteenth-century
art
movement,
otherwise
known
as
Jugendstil.
More
than
400
objects
and
works
of
art
that
passed
through
Bing’s
gallery
will
be
presented:
glassware
from
Tiffany,
paintings
and
sculptures
by
artists
such
as
Toulouse-Lautrec,
Rodin,
Claudel
and
Vuillard,
furniture,
and
ceramics
and
jewelry
by
Van
de
Velde,
Colonna,
De
Feure
and
Gaillard.
It
is
the
first
exhibition
in
Holland
of
this
magnitude
to
focus
on
the
French
Art
Nouveau.
Vincent
van
Gogh
developed
a
fascination
for
Japanese
prints
while
in
Paris
(1886-88)
and
bought
hundreds
of
woodcuts
from
art
dealer
Siegfried
Bing.
A
selection
from
Vincent
and
his
brother
Theo's
collection
of
around
500
prints
will
be
on
show.
The
exhibition
also
includes
works
by
Van
Gogh
that
were
influenced
by
Japanese
examples.
November
26,
2004
–
February
27,
2005,

Van
Gogh
Museum
Amsterdam
Egon
Schiele
The
first
retrospective
in
Holland
of
work
by
the
Viennese
Expressionist
Egon
Schiele
(1890-1918).
Around
twenty
paintings
and
eighty
watercolors
will
be
on
display.
Originally
profoundly
influenced
by
Gustav
Klimt,
Schiele
soon
began
to
forge
his
own
path.
His
expressive
style
had
little
to
do
with
traditional
aesthetic
ideas,
evolving
instead
from
his
desire
to
express
personal
emotion.
Apart
from
the
prevailing
erotic
motifs,
his
oeuvre
is
also
remarkable
for
his
many
impressive
portraits.
He
was
less
concerned
with
recording
their
superficial
likeness
than
with
revealing
their
innermost
emotions.
March
25
–
June
19,
2005,

Van
Gogh
Museum
Amsterdam
Van
Gogh
Draughtsman
-
The
Masterpieces
Vincent
van
Gogh
(1853-1890)
was
one
of
the
greatest
draughtsmen
to
emerge
in
the
19th
century.
He
produced
a
huge
number
of
drawings.
Apart
from
his
many
studies,
these
include
highly
ambitious
sheets
that
testify
to
his
capacity
for
artistic
innovation.
This
survey
of
his
drawings
was
compiled
with
a
single
aim:
to
bring
together
around
100
of
the
finest
and
most
important
drawings
of
Van
Gogh’s
entire
oeuvre.
Van
Gogh
began
his
artistic
career
in
1880
as
a
draughtsman
and
concentrated
on
drawing
for
the
next
three
years.
Even
when
he
began
to
develop
as
a
painter,
drawing
remained
a
passion.
The
exhibition
also
features
a
number
of
paintings
in
which
motifs
appear
relating
to
the
drawings.

July
2
–
September
18,
2005

Note:
In
collaboration
with
the
Metropolitan
Museum
of
Art,
New
York.
The
exhibition
can
be
seen
in
New
York
from
October
11
to
December
31,
2005.

Van
Gogh
Museum
Amsterdam
Fierce
Friends.
Artists
&
animals
in
the
Industrial
Era,
1750-1900
‘Fierce
Friends’
is
an
ambitious
exhibition
about
the
radical
change
in
human
attitudes
towards
animals.
During
the
Enlightenment
(18th
century),
the
idea
that
animals
had
a
soul
was
rediscovered.
Iin
the
late
19th
century,
excavations
of
dinosaurs
transformed
concepts
of
time
while
Darwin’s
theory
of
evolution
caused
a
revolution
in
human
consciousness.
The
exhibition
shows
how
these
developments
were
reflected
in
art.
The
changing
ways
people
thought
about
animals
are
illustrated
by
i.e.
George
Stubbs,
Antoine
Barye,
Rosa
Bonheur,
and
Franz
Marc.
Apart
from
paintings
and
sculptures,
the
show
also
features
scientific
illustrations,
stuffed
animals,
decorative
art,
fossils,
photos
and
memorabilia
from
the
history
of
animal
protection,
in
all
some
250
objects.
October
5,
2005
–
February
5,
2006,

Note:
In
collaboration
with
the
Carnegie
Museum
of
Art,
Pittsburgh.
The
exhibition
can
be
seen
in
Pittsburgh
from
April
to
July
2006.

Van
Gogh
Friday
Night

The
museum
will
remain
open
every
Friday
night
until
10
pm.
In
addition
to
the
permanent
collection
and
the
temporary
exhibitions,
the
Friday
evening
program
features
special
events,
including
lectures,
guided
tours,
readings
and
live
music.

Mauritshuis
Royal
Picture
Gallery,
The
Hague
Painted
Illusions,
Cornelius
Gijsbrechts
The
originally
Flemish
painter
Gijsbrechts
entered
the
service
of
the
Danish
court
in
1668.
In
the
following
four
years
he
produced
a
unique
series
of
trompe
l'oeil
paintings
for
King
Frederik
III
and
his
successor
Christiaan
V.
While
various
17th
century
artists
attempted
to
paint
the
odd
trompe
l'oeil
representation,
Gijsbrechts
made
it
his
speciality.
His
partially
open
wall
cabinets,
letter
racks,
turned
back
cloths
and
hunting
still
life’s
ingeniously
deceive
the
viewer's
eye.
February
4
–
May
15,
2005,

Mauritshuis
Royal
Picture
Gallery,
The
Hague
Vermeer
from
Vienna
Exceptional,
and
one
of
the
most
celebrated
paintings
by
Vermeer,
The
Art
of
Painting,
c.1666-8,
from
the
collection
of
the
Kuntshistorisches
Museum
in
Vienna
will
be
on
loan
for
three
months.
It
shows
an
artist,
possibly
Vermeer
himself,
in
the
studio
painting
a
beautiful
young
woman
dressed
up
as
Clio,
the
ancient
muse
of
history.
Countless
refinements,
such
as
the
careful
rendering
of
the
details
and
different
surface
textures,
as
well
as
subtle
gradations
of
light,
are
testimonies
to
Vermeer’s
supreme
accomplishments
as
a
painter.
March
26
–
June
26,
2005,

During
the
presentation
in
the
Mauritshuis,
the
painting
will
be
exhibited
together
with
three
other
Vermeer
highlights:
Diana
and
her
nymphs,
View
on
Delft
and
Girl
with
a
Pearl
Earring.

Mauritshuis
Royal
Picture
Gallery,
The
Hague
Frans
van
Mieris
(1635-1681)
The
painter
Frans
van
Mieris
enjoyed
great
fame
both
in
Holland
and
abroad
even
during
his
lifetime.
He
received
commissions,
for
example,
from
Cosimo
III
de
Medici
and
Archduke
Leopold
Wilhelm
of
Vienna.
Van
Mieris
and
his
master
Gerrit
Dou
were
the
most
important
representatives
of
the
Leiden
fine
painters’
school.
Van
Mieris
specialized
in
small
genre
scenes
and
portraits.
His
representations
of
materials,
his
meticulous
style
and
his
use
of
color
are
virtually
unsurpassed.
There
has
never
previously
been
an
overview
of
his
entire
oeuvre.
A
joint
enterprise
with
the
National
Gallery
of
Art
in
Washington.
October
1,
2005
-
February
2006,

In
2005
the
Mauritshuis
will
also
be
open
on
Mondays.

Kröller-Müller
Museum,
Otterlo
Helene’s
Favorites
Helene
Kröller-Müller
(1869-1939)
is
the
museum’s
founder
and
one
of
the
first
European
women
to
amass
a
major
art
collection
at
the
beginning
of
the
20th
century.
‘Helene’s
Favorites’
comprises
highlights
from
the
museums
collection
including
paintings
by
Vincent
van
Gogh,
Jozef
Israels,
Jan
Toorop,
Auguste
Renoir,
Georges
Seurat,
Odilon
Redon,
and
Paul
Signac.
Applied
arts
and
sculptures
by
Joseph
Mendes
da
Costa,
Johan
Altorf,
John
Rädecker,
Joseph
Czaky
and
George
Minne,
Blanc
de
Chine
ceramics,
Chinese
jade
and
ivory,
Greek
and
Egyptian
vases
and
sculptures.
The
collection
assembled
by
Helene
Kröller-Müller
consists
of
approximately
12,000
objects.
August
10,
2004
–
September
1,
2005,